Mrs.Leah Bertha Dowler;53;of 213 Luella Avenue;Charleroi;died January 8;1953;at 3:05 a.m. She was born in Charleroi;Belgium;February 4;1899. Surviving are her husband;John C.Dowler;one son;Robert Dowler at home;a brother;Robert Castiaux of Charleroi;and one sister;Mrs.Lorraine (Esther) Wells of North Charleroi. Friends will be received at the Melinchak Funeral Home. Services will be held there Saturday;January 10;1953;at 3 p.m. in charge of Rev.C.J.Patterson. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Chas.L.Melenyzer and Shelby D.Ferguson are the funeral directors.

Evelyn Chira of 109 Meadow
Ave ; rear; Charleroi; died
friday;Nov.25;1977 at 5:20 pm in
Charleroi Division of Mon
Valley Hospilal. She was 72.
Mrs Chira was born Feb.
28; 1905 in Verona; Pa ; a
daughter of the late William
and Edith Sherwin Moxon.
She was a Protestant by
faith.
Her husband; Alex Chira;
preceded her in death in 1961.
Survivors include one
brother; William Maxon of
Verona; and one niece and one
nephew.
Friends will be received in
the Schrock-Hogan Funeral
Home; 226 Fallowfield Ave.;
Charlerol; from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. Services will be held in the funeral home Monday at 11 a.m.with Rev.Frank A.Bodnar officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Schrock Hogan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Elizabeth Ann Kline;59; of 509 South Fourteenth St.;Monessen; died Thursday. Nov.17;1977 at 11 a.m. at her home.  She is survived by one son; Charles Richard (Rick) Kline of Monessen; one daughter; Mrs.
Donald (Carol) Keller; at home;three sisters; Mrs Anna Smerick of Belle Vernon; Mrs Helen Pustinger and Mrs. Anthony (Marie) Garofalo; both of Monessen; four brothers; George Cmar and Michael Cmar; both of
Monessen; Steve Cmar of Fayette City and Edward Andrew Cmar of Charleroi; and four granddaughters. Friends will be received at the Rhome Funeral Home; Inc.; 1209 Grand Blvd.;Monessen; from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.  Blessing services will be held at the funeral home on Monday at 10:30 a.m.; followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. in St.Leonard’s Catholic Church;Monessen; with the Rev. Henry P. Dinicco as celebrant. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Rosary will be recited at the
funeral home on Sunday at 8 p. m. The family suggests memorial contributions may be made to Monessen Ambulance Service.  Rhome funeral directors in charge.

Mary L. Cardinale; 69; of 140
Jean St.; Belle Vernon; died at 12:35 a. m.; Monday;July 11;1977 in
Presbyterian-University
Hospital; Pitisburgh. She was born in Clearfield
on April I; 1908; and had lived
in Belle Vernon since 1938.
She was a member of St.
Sebastian Catholic Church;
Belle Vernon.
Surviving are her husband; Dominick Cardinale; one son;
Joseph P. Cardinale of
Woodbridge; Va : two
daughters; Mrs George
(Louise) Stura of Belle Vernon
and Mrs. Gloria Denitti of
Gary; Ind ; two brothers;
Raymond Barone of Clearfiefd
and Joseph P Barone of
Brunswick; Ga ; three sisters.
Mrs. Josephine Caruso of
DuBoi; Mrs. Lucy Catania of
Philadelphia and Mrs. Lillian
Cillo of Clearfield and six
grandchildren.
There will be no public
viewing; but friends will be
received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;
Belle Vernon; from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. Prayers will be recited at the funeral home on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.in St.Sebastian Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director in charge.

Mrs. Frances Walkush
Curcio of 536 Fayette Ave.;
Belle Vernon; formerly of
Newell; died Sunday;June 19;1977 at 7:35
a.m. in Mercy Hospital;
Pittsburgh. She was 64.
Mrs. Curcio was born Nov.
28;1912 in Belle Vernon.
She was a member of St.
Sebastian Catholic Church;
Belle Vernon; and the Belle
Vernon Woman’s Club.
She was preceded in death
by her husband; Albert
Curcio; in 1969; her parents;
one brother; and two sisters.
Survivors include four
daughters; Miss Dolores
Curcio of Greensburg; Mrs.
Robert (Frances) Staley of
Newell; Mrs. Robert (Shirley)
Otto of Yuma; Ariz.; Mrs.
Robert (Cathy) Brady of
Greensburg; two brothers;
Joseph Walkush and Melvin
Walkush; both of Belle Vernon; seven sisters; Mrs. Anna
Moxin of Perryopolis; Mrs.
Augustine Ezolt of Monessen;
Mrs. Helen McCullough of
Herminie; Mrs. Mary Alteri of
Pittsburgh; Mrs. Irene Gibson
of Miami; Fla.; Mrs. Mildred
Ward of McKeesport; Mrs.
Cecelia Sweitzer of Belle
Vernon; and nine grandchildren.
Friends will be received in
the Howard W. McCrory
Funeral Home; Main St.;
Fayette City; after 2 p.m.;Monday. A Prayer service will be held in the funeral home Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.in St.Sebastian Catholic church;Belle Vernon. Rev.Edward Gearing will be the celebrant. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. A Prayer service will be held and Rosary recited in the funeral home Tuesday at 3 p.m. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral home is in charge of arrangements.